Improvement in feed-regulating mechanism for hoppers



`UNITED STATES JoHN s. BODGH, or BATH, New YORK.

PATENT FFICE.

IMPROVEMENT lN FEED-REGULATING MECHANISM FOR HOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,646,V dated July 11, 1865.

To all lwhom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BoliGrE, of Bath, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Feed-Regulatin g Mechanism for Hoppers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan or top view ot' my inveu tion; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in line :l: a', Fig. 1.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts. A

The object of this invention is to ebt-aina means whereby grain and other substances may be fed from hoppers to the machine designed for them in greater or less quantity, as may be desired, and the feed regulated, from a distance-that is, from stories below that in which the hopper is placed. A

The invention is'more especially desigeed to be applied to the hoppers of grainseparators, but is applicable to other purposes. l

A represents a hopper provided with inclinedsides, as usual, one side, a, being fixed or stationary and the other side, b, heilig movable, or arranged in such amanner as to be capable of being raised and lowered, so that the hopper may be entirely closed at its lower end, or an opening allowed of greater or less capacity to admit of a more or less rapid discharge et' the contents ot' the hopper, as may be required. The upper end of the side b ot' the hopper is connected by hinges c to a tlap, B, the outer edge of which is secured byhinges d to a strip, e, attached to the end pieces, ff, of the hopper. The lap B has one end extending beyond one of the end pieces fof the hopper, forming an arm, 9,011 whicha pulley,

C, is keyed. This pulley C may be turned by means of a cord or belt, D, extending to any point from which it is mostconvenient to operate it, and it will be seen that by turning this pulley the tlap B will be raised or lowered,-

At the bottom and consequently the side b. ofthe hopper, below the movable side b, there is a ilanged drum,D,which insures the proper discharge ot' the substance within the hopper.

' By this 4simple arrangement grain and other substances may be ,fed from hoppers to the machines designed for them in greater or less quantities-that is to say, with greater or less rapidityas may be required, and the feed regulated at a distance from kthe hopper, for the cord or belt 4D may be carried down one or more stories below the one in which the hopper is placed.

The invention will be very convenient for the hoppers of grain-separators where thelatter are necessarily elevated in buildings and mills to scour the vstored grain, which is discharged after passing through the separator into stories-below, either to be ground into iiour or bagged for sale, for the attendant or oper ator will be enabled in stories below, where the cleansed grain is discharged and where his presence is required, to regulate the feed without the labor of frequently running' up stairs, as is now required to effect that end.

Having thus described my invent-ion, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- A hopper provided with a sliding side, b, arranged and operatin g as herein shown for the purpose of being raised and lowered to regulate the feed or the discharge of the contents ot' the hopper from the same, as set forth. A

. JOHN S. BODGE.

Witnesses:

.0. A. S'rAcY,

S. U. STACY. 

